WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
Marble Falls We’ve done study after study of nonprofit hospitals, particularly on the question of their charitable status. Benefiting from a tax-exemption, they are required to be charitable. A condition of the amendments upon the passage of the Affordable Care Act more than a decade ago insisted that if they were not significantly and …
Marble Falls If there’s one place where we absolutely need to feel like we’re in good hands and that everyone’s priority is our best interest, it has to be in hospitals with healthcare workers. I found myself thinking about this as I entered the University of Arkansas Medical Systems (UAMS) main location last …
Pearl River Cape Cod in Massachusetts has a reputation as a tourist and second-home area. “Going to the Cape” is what people talk about in the summer months in Massachusetts, so a lot of the economy is seasonal. Seasonal for tourists means service work for the towns, even if the luster of the Kennedy …